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No Name-Calling Week

GLSEN’s No Name-Calling Week, January 15-19, 2018, is a week organized by K-12 educators and students to end name-calling and bullying in schools.

The week is rooted in the idea of #KindessInAction — not merely recognizing the importance of kindness, but actively adding kindness into our every action. It's about calling people the names they want to be called and avoiding slurs and stereotypes.

To start, K-12 educators and student leaders should register their participation. All registrants get free streaming of LGBTQ-inclusive classroom documentaries and first access to new resources!

Founded in 2004 with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, No Name-Calling Week was inspired by James Howe’s young adult novel The Misfits about four students who, after each experiencing name-calling, run for student council on a No Name-Calling platform.